Overview
This guide shows pre-service and in-service teachers and curriculum developers how to use the web as a resource in teaching. It details steps of the process of building a curriculum using different software packages, demonstrating how to develop web-based material from the early planning stages through the design and implementation of a web page. Lesson plans provide step-by-step procedures for completing tasks in four major software packages: Dreamweaver, GoLive, FrontPage, and Composer. A companion web site offers examples. Cunningham is affiliated with the University of Chicago. Billingsley is affiliated with the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, ORSynopsis
Curriculum Webs helps in-service teachers, curriculum developers, and pre-service teachers use the World Wide Web as a central resource to facilitate learning.
A curriculum web is a Web page or pages designed to support a curriculum. This text describes the process of building curriculum webs from the early planning stages through design of the Web pages, using the finished product in classrooms, and teaching teachers with curriculum webs. Readers will see how successful Web-based curricula can be developed based on the stages of curriculum development and the needs of learners.
On the Companion Web site, (www.curriculumwebs.com,) Web examples and sample lesson plans will serve as an inspiration and guide as students work to create their own curriculum webs.